Combination-suit for women.



M. STEPHENSON. v COMBINATION SUIT FOR WOMEN. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19',1915.

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LQWZAESML Application filed February 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA M. STEPHENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombination-Suits for Women, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to union garments and more particularly tocombination suits for women.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a garment which isout upon a pattern and formed in such manner that a better fitting andmore comfortable garment is produced.

Another object of the invention is to provide an economically cutgarment of this character wherein the upper edge of the drawers sectionis out upon an inclined line extending from the forward portion to therear portion thereof which increases the length of the back seam, thusinsuring a more comfortable and better fitting garment.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the garment. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the parts employed informing one side of the garment.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the garment is constructedof six sections, four body sections and two drawers or leg sectionswhich are joined to the body sections, as will be readily understood.The body sections consist of two front pieces 1 which are hemmed attheir forward marginal edge to receive buttons or button holes or anyother similar type of fastening device whereby the two front sectionsmay be conveniently joined together. The forward upper edge of the frontsections are cut away, as is usual, to produce a low neck and the rearupper edge is cut away and hemmed,

as shown at 2.. to produce a portion of the arm hole. The rear marginaledge of each section 1 is inwardly curved and corresponds to a similarinward curve on the forward edge of the back section 3 so that whenthese edges are joined together the garment Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 5, T91 6...

Serial No. 9,398.

will conform to the waist outline. The rear seam of the sections 3 isalso formed on an inwardly extending are for a similar pur pose and theupper forward edge of the back sections is cut away, as shown at 4, soas to produce the remainder of the arm hole, as will be readilyunderstood. The upper rear portions of the sections 3 are cut away so asto form the low neck which will be continuous with the cut away portionat the forward upper edge of the sections 1. The lower edge of each ofthe sections 1 and 3 is formed on the arc of a circle and when thesesections are joined together a larger arc of similar outline is formedwhich is joined to the upper curved edge 5 of each drawers section 6.This upper line is formed on an incline from the forward edge of thesections 6 to the rear edge of these sections and the forward edge ofeach sectionis formed at an angle obtuse to the line 5 for a shortdistance, as shown at 7, and this marginal edge is hemmed to form acontinuation of the hemmed edge 8 at the forward edge of the section 1.At the termination of the hemmed margin 7 each drawers section is cut onan inwardly inclined line to the lower marginal edge thereof and isjoined to a similarly cut edge indicated at 9 at the rear of the section6. These lines indicated at 9 and 10 are of equal length while thedistance bet-ween the upper edge of these lines and the upper edge ofthe garment at the front and rear of the sections is considerablydifi'erent, the rear marginal edgeabove the line 9 being approximatelyfive and one-half inches longer, but is cut upon approximately the sameinclination as the edge 7 and is indicated at 11, which effectuallyincreases the size of the seat of the garment.

What is claimed is In a garment, in combination with a plurality ofintersecured body sections, a pair of drawers sections, each drawerssection being of the same shape and consisting of a piece of materialcut to provide a straight longitudinal bottom edge, two oppositelyinclined and coextensive lower side edges and two side edges of unequallengths joining the first-named side edges but inclined in an oppositedirection with respect thereto thereby making the top edge of eachdrawers section incline longitudinally, each of said drawers sectionsbeing to give said leg portions greater fullness at 10 their upper ends.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

IDA M. STEPHENSON.

Witnesses.

A. C. ROSSBACK, ETHEL B. STEPHENSON.

